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Complicated by Pleural Effusion and Strangulation of Omentum

Farouk A. Pirzada, MBBS; Gordon L. Snider, MD

JAMA. 1970;214(12):2188-2190.

Abstract
Traumatic diaphragmatic hernia may cause symptoms and diagnostic difficulty long after the original injury. A Vietnam veteran had abdominal pain and subsequent serosanguineous pleural effusion 29 months after he sustained a battle wound. At operation, a traumatic diaphragmatic hernia with strangulation of the omentum was found and repaired. Omental strangulation appears to have been the factor common to all reported cases in which pleural effusion was a complication.

Author Affiliations
From the Medical Service, Boston Veterans Administration Hospital (Drs. Pirzada and Snider) and the Boston University School of Medicine (Dr. Snider).

Footnotes
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